I'd like to have you for number 1 in a freeform. I'll do the herm and you and another player (that have volunteered via PM) will run the two female friends. I'll set up the game to get us started (in a few hours). I'll put it in the one-shots section for now.

Sir Francis Drake was a privateer, he had Royal warrant to do and behave as he wished as long as he brought Liz that Spanish gold.

Well, according to you English types. :) According to the Spanish, he was a pirate. Tehcnically he was a pirate anyway, since he didn't get his Letters of Marque until after he returned to England with a king's ransom in Spanish gold. Queen ELizabeth issued them retroactively. :)

I'll add a few more names, though:

Henry Morgan (technically an English privateer, pirate according to the Spanish)Black Bart Roberts (100% pirate, also made his crew observe the Sabbath and held prayer services on a regular basis on his ship).Mary Read- Calico Jack Rackham- Anne Bonney (Calico's lover)

Side note, in many cases the line between privateer and pirate was extremely thin - most privateers committed piracy when the terms of their Letters were expired. And only Henry Morgan is known to have carried his Letters on his person at all times. :)

Excellent! I'll just step back and let you pick setting and give any character requirements/limitations you'd like to run. I can play either male or female character, any class/race/level. I prefer point-buy for abilities and as few house-rules as possible. I have most books if you'll allow sources beyond core. I assume you'll have the game set up and organized. Let me know if you need help/input with anything :)